With the US continuously dealing with a deteriorating power grids, the country's electric grid is subject to a new challenge: the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). AI utilizes more electricity to power storage compared to other new products and services in the 21st century, according to the latest data from AI research company Hugging Face.
According to the company, generative AI search queries can use 30 times as much energy as a traditional Google search. AI technologies are the new trend contributing to increased power usage in the US, the previous being electric vehicles (EVs) and cryptocurrencies.
